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Hello All, I was hoping you all wouldn't mind offering whatever advice you feel necessary. My parents have just turned 60 and are pretty well semi retired in here in Perth. They have lived in the north of WA (Pilbara & Kimberley) for many years have always enjoyed camping, fishing, crabbing, mee...

I am beginning a project of converting a Ford Transit van into a Camper Van and starting at the flooring and wall panelling. My first thoughts are "should something be used as sound proofing and insulation". So I am looking for information on this.As an experiment I have used some rubber ca...

Want to DYI replace the vinyl stone protector on the front of the van, Was considering the Marine Grade Carpet from BCF. Thought it would suit the job as it's designed for such exposure Anyone got any suggestions other than alloy plate . Having difficulty getting the original vinyl unless having...

You don't have to lose your anonymity, but a little more information about yourselves on your profile would be very helpful. I don't want to invade your privacy either, but just a little information about where you start your travels from or who you are, would be very helpful when communicating on th...

In case you didn't know... Women are Angels And when someone breaks our wings.... We simply continue to fly... On a broomstick.... We are flexible like that.

hi all. just found this site, looks good. we have recently found a 1971 franklin arrow 16 ft van to tow behind our old monaro. have the paint scheme and hub cap thing all sorted. interior is very tired,but what do you get for a couple of grand. can anyone tell us of a cabinet maker or old retired bloke that ca...

G,Day everyone, After reading your story about all our big icons my 16yr daughter suggested when we start our big trip in 4 months that we should find all the Big Icons around Australia. Can anyone tell us if there is a list somewhere of all of them so we can check them out.

Anybody got one of these? How do they go? Looking at a diesel. Has a tow capacity of 2500 kilos. Cheers Ross

Hi, My Wife and I are hitting the road in Jan/Feb 2011 for however long it takes to see all of Aus. Can anyone give advice on the best solution to getting our mail sent to us?

Recently purchased "Camping guide to Queensland" Boiling Billy publications Cathy Savage and Craig Lewis. It cost about $25 including postage. It has over 500 campsites in QLD - most of them either free or low cost ie under $20 with lots under $10. We are off to try it out this weekend...

What an offer wish I lived near there 3 free night at Richmond caravan Park. For all the details read Cindy story the Home page -- Edited by brickies on Thursday 21st of October 2010 09:45:57 AM

Can anybody tell me why the battery status green led flashes on my Prostar PS30 Solar Regulator

A question to those out there who have Class "C" motoehomes . I need to know the make and how high your rig is including aircons etc About to move house and have the opportunity to build a shed to house my toys , don't have particular MH in mind yet but will have in the near future . Any info w...

I posted this a while back in the general forum by mistake so, having nothing to do I thought it would be a good idea to post it here where I should have done so in the first place. We went to Stanage Queensland for a few weeks. Stanage is north of Rockhampton, go 74 ks north and turn right. The first 13ks of...

G'day, you all know my love of dogs, any way one of my nieces got a dog a while back and it is a blonde border collie dog.. femail called Millie.. I've never heard of a blonde border collie? any one else? thought i'd share a pic... hope you dont mind.

A plane passed through a severe storm. The turbulence was awful, and things went from bad to worse when one wing was struck by lightening. One woman lost it completely. She stood up in the front of the plane and screamed, 'I'm too young to die,' she cried. Then she yelled, 'If I'm going to die, I want my las...

I will try again and hopefully not miss anyone this time

it is a good thing when you can still surprise yourself,,, you then begin to wonder what else you can do you'll never drown by falling in the water,, you'll drown by not getting out this was brought on by an angina attack which has seen me in hopsital since last week,, something i didn't know i had until the...

Thought to put this in the Joke thread but figured it was better here. Inner Peace: This is so true If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you c...

Thought I would pass on the news that I heard this morning from our local friendly caravan repair man - apparently Paradise Vans has gone into liquidation - I think there was a thread some little time ago someone asking about them. Maybe you should give 'em a wide birth if there may be no backup!